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By Walker Simon NEW YORK (Reuters) - A family portrait by Colombian artist Fernando Botero and a depiction of psychological turmoil by Chilean painter Roberto Matta are expected to be the highlights of Latin American art sales in New York next week. Botero's 1969 "Man Going to Work" is the top lot in Christie's line-up for its Wednesday sale, with a pre-sale estimate of up to $1.8 million. Matta's "Morphologie Psychologique" could fetch up to $3.5 million at Sotheby's two-day auction on Wednesday and Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will add technology to its mobile apps that recognizes the music, movies or television shows its users are enjoying, in the company's latest move to give prominence to media and entertainment on its social network. The new feature, which must be activated by the user and is off by default, would create a status update on Facebook that identifies the song a user is listening to and provide a 30-second preview of it that's available to the user's friends.

Former "Sopranos" cast member Federico Castelluccio is about to get his very own director's chair, as he will make his directorial debut on the feature-length version of " Lily of the Feast ." "Lily of the Feast" tells the story of Santo Bastucci, a local banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers. Unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging wiseguy's bid for power, Santo is caught between the loyalty he has for his cagey father-in-law, Benny; his childhood friend, Basta and his street-wise uncle, Matteo, the pastor of their Brooklyn church.

Angelo's Fresh Market was a logical extension for the family meat-cutting business, says owner Carla Bolin. "We cut meat for white table cloth restaurants across the country and our family and friends were always asking us for steaks or a roast, so we decided to open a retail store (1044 Sterling Ave. in Flossmoor) last July," said Bolin. The focal point of the new Angelo's Fresh Market, which is expected to open Saturday at 7150 W. 183rd St. in Tinley Park, will be its meat case.

Barcelona genre producer M Entertainment has set its second feature: " Baskin . " The film is hyper low-budget, costing under $500,000, and fully financed by M Entertainment via private equity. By targeting theatrical but also robust VOD play, M Entertainment is breaking in a new production/distribution/promotion model for genre movies in Spain. Turkish helmer Can Evrenol will direct from his own screenplay, based on his 2013 short. M Entertainment bowed its production slate with "Asmodexia," for which XYX Films reps U.S. and Canada rights.

Focus Features has acquired North American distribution rights to action thriller " Bastille Day ," starring Idris Elba and "Blue Is the Warmest Color's" Adele Exarchopoulos. Philippe Rousselet is producing the project via his Vendome Pictures banner, along with Steve Golin, David Kanter, and Bard Dorros for Anonymous Content ("Babel," "True Detective"). Studiocanal is financing "Bastille Day" and will distribute it in France, Germany, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia, and is selling the rest of the world.

Ready your taste buds: The National Restaurant Association trade show is back. Starting Saturday more than 60,000 people are expected to sample and share culinary creations at the association's trade show at McCormick Place in Chicago. New this year are classes by well-known chefs on how to capture the perfect food photo, pickle meat and produce, and design desserts almost too pretty to eat. These smaller, hands-on classes will be capped at 50 participants on a first-come basis, said Mary Pat Heftman, the association's executive vice president of convention and strategic alliances.

Martin Scorsese 's Sikelia Prods. has partnered with Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira and his RT Features on a joint venture aimed at producing first and second films from emerging filmmakers worldwide. Pact includes a film fund that will finance up to five projects with budgets under $5 million each over the next three years. The slate will be focused on auteur-driven films by emerging filmmakers that have crossover appeal and can reach commercial auds. RT Features, led by exec producers Teixeira and Sophie Mas, who are based in San Paulo and Paris, respectively, and producer Lourenco Sant' Anna, will receive projects and initially vet them.

By Alexandra Ulmer SANTIAGO, May 16 (Reuters) - Long on the soccer sidelines, more and more South American women are striking back by lacing up their boots and embracing the region's most cherished sport. Machismo is losing some of its influence in large parts of the area while women gain ground in politics and the workplace. And as South America evolves, so does soccer. "As a kid I was the only girl on the block to play. It used to be almost disgraceful for a woman," said Daniela Pardo, now the 25 year-old captain of the Chilean women's team, as she took a breather during practice.